| RefNo | EL/S1/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich |
| Creator | Sluse; Ren Franois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
| Date | 29 March 1668 |
| Description | Concerning a new book on geometry; account of the natural history of the area around Liege (eg climate, metals that are mined); that blood transfusions are carried out in Rome; concerning Boyle's experiments to show the nature of fluidity, solidity and precipitation
Read to the Royal Society on 2 April 1668 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Lige, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.63373, 5.56749 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 263 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/95934744-b19a-415c-9c53-d70dd81cabff |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |